I am a very strict vegetarian...I just really really love animals and I act on my values...I am really against cruelty [to] animals.
- Natalie Portman
”I am a vegetarian because I realize that even little chickens suffer pain and fear, experience a range of feelings and emotions, and are as intelligent as mammals, including dogs, cats and even some primates.
- Sir Paul McCartney
The world has so much suffering in it already -- choosing to be vegetarian is one thing you can do to reduce the suffering on a daily basis.
- Alyssa Milano
”Being voted as sexy is a matter of perception but being vegetarian is a lifestyle and something that comes from a sense of responsibility. This win also goes to break the myth that fitness cannot be achieved by eating vegetarian food.
- Hayden Panettiere
"I stopped eating meat...when I was working on the movie Selena. During the shoot, I had to hold a chicken for five hours - if you hold it and feel its little heart beating for hours, you just can't think about eating it."
"Since I've gone vegetarian, my body has felt better and my taste buds have opened up to a whole new world. I invite you to join me in living a healthy, cruelty-free lifestyle."
"I just never liked meat. I would imagine what I was eating and think of the life of animals."
"Chickens raised for food today are covered in excrement, they're diseased, and they're drugged up with all sorts of toxins that you are ingesting if you eat chickens."
"One of the greatest gifts you can give to the planet is to choose to become vegetarian, or even better a vegan."
"It started freaking me out eating dead body parts...It started when I was a kid but you know, you have [to deal with] that whole parent propaganda."
Other Celebrity Vegetarians:
Carl Lewis, Robert Parish, Desmond Howard, Keith Holmes, Coretta Scott King, Avril Lavigne, Woody Harrelson
